Re: free Free FREE Thief Gold! Grab the GOLD!!

On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:55:15 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:
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I'm too slow! "This code is currently being redeemed by someone." :( I played its original demo back then. Decent game. :)

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I wasn't even on Usenet yesterday which is unusual for me so I am even
slower than you. Not that it would matter. I have no interest in the
Thief games. :-P

I like the Thief games in concept, but the earlier titles I just
didn't find much fun to actually play. I just didn't find the
stealthing very intuitive. E.g., I'd be standing in the dark, but the
light-gem would say I was completely visible, or vice-versa. Probably
because one foot was standing in the light or something, but since I
couldn't see my feet or elbows, I never knew what the problem was.

It wasn't until "Thief 3" (a.k.a. "Deadly Shadows") that I really
gelled with the gameplay. The shift to third-person really helped. And
it had some really cool level design (although the requirement to
break apart the levels to fit into console memory requirements was
annoying).

Anyway, I already own lots of Thief -- on original CD-ROMs, GOTY
versions, Steam, GOG, the lot!-- so I've no regret on missing out on
this offer ;-)